The way I see it – Michael Morse

by Michael Morse, contributing writer, commentary

Humanity has progressed exponentially over the last 150 years. Poverty and hunger, illiteracy and fear are rapidly declining, yet emotional despair is on the rise.

Regional battles and wars rage with all spotlights on them, creating the illusion of a world at war. Our dependence on fossil fuel fuels the guilt machine as we pepper our consciousness with dire predictions of a burning earth predicated on the use of the energy that has created the progress.

I think of it along the lines of a basic education. We start with limited language skills, figure out how to have our needs met either by crying or charming, then communicating with words, then ideas and understanding, always learning how better to navigate a difficult existence. We are not static beings mired in the now – we are ever progressing, always improving, gaining wisdom, aging, mellowing, then moving into the next realm.

Climate change happens with or without our consent. The tools we create along our journey may or may not contribute to a warming planet, but without the tools that we harness from the earth nothing changes. Nothing but weeds grow. Nothing but a meager existence based on the need to stay alive matters. We live, we die and eventually all things move on.

By using the resources available we continue to progress. Just as the human mind begins in a primitive state so too does our journey into a conscious existence. The fuel we burn today will be ancient history; a means to an end. What that end is remains to be seen. 

I have faith in the human spirit, and believe that our purpose is far more complex than any of us are aware of. Sometimes we need to live and let live, and let human ingenuity progress as it will, with as few government restrictions and mandates as possible. Fossil fuel is a bridge to a better future. Destroying the infrastructure needed to deliver it is doing nothing to save the planet, but a lot to delay progress.

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Michael Morse, [email protected], a monthly contributor is a retired Captain with the Providence Fire Department.

Michael Morse spent 23 years as a firefighter/EMT with the Providence Fire Department before retiring in 2013 as Captain, Rescue Co. 5. He is an author of several books, most offering fellow firefighter/EMTs and the general population alike a poignant glimpse into one person’s journey through life, work and hope for the future. He is a Warwick resident.